Proper Use

Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex®

A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a hospital or cancer treatment center. This medicine is given through a needle placed into one of your veins.

You may also receive extra fluids and other medicines (eg, allergy medicine, fever medicine, gout medicine, steroids) to help prevent unwanted side effects from the injection.

Do not use blood pressure medicines 12 hours before, during, and 1 hour after receiving this medicine.